SOUNDERS FC (USA)
AT CD MARATHON (HONDURAS)
7 p.m., Estadio Olimpico, San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
TV: Fox Soccer.HEAD TO HEAD: The clubs split two meetings in the 2010 CCL. Marathon won 2-1 in Honduras. The Sounders won 2-0 in Seattle.NOTES: With a win, Seattle will clinch the group and advance to the CONCACAF Champions League knockout quarterfinals. Any other result would keep Marathon in contention. … Group play consists of a home-and-away round robin among the three teams in the group. Seattle leads 2-0-0 (6 points), followed by Marathon 0-0-1 (1 point) and Caledonia AIA (0-2-1, 1 point). … Seattle is one of five CCL participants to win its first two games. … San Pedro Sula is the hometown of Sounders midfielder Mario Martinez. … Sounders midfielders Mauro Rosales (quadriceps), Christian Tiffert (ankle) and David Estrada (foot) did not travel, nor did newly acquired goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann. … Marathon is led by Honduran international defender Jerry Palacios, and veteran defenders Mario Beata and Mauricio Sabillon. … Seattle qualified by winning the 2011 U.S. Open Cup. This is the Sounders third CCL appearance. Seattle did not advance out of group play in 2010-11, and was eliminated by Santos Laguna of Mexico in the 2011-12 quarterfinals. … Marathon qualified as the non-champion with the best aggregate record in the 2011-12 Honduran season. This is Marathon’s fourth consecutive CCL appearance, and the club twice advanced to the quarterfinals.QUOTABLE: “If we could clinch the group, that’s something we want to do. But we also want to keep our eye on the game on Saturday and make sure we’re ready for that one, as well.” – Seattle coach Sigi Schmid.NEXT: The Sounders return to Major League Soccer play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, meeting San Jose at CenturyLink Field. They conclude CCL group play Oct. 24, when Marathon visits.

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Don Ruiz has been covering the Seattle Sounders FC since their inception. Here he provides updates on news, views and developments of the South Sound soccer scene. Don also coordinates the UW Huskies Insider blog.

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